The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1887-06-22
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
The Beautiful Scenery Of Two Rivers
COntrasted


In the spring l wrote from ST.
Augustine, Florida, thence | went
up the st. Johns river to Sanford,
the head of navigation, some further
by rail to kissimee. full half way |
down the peninsula After five !
weeks there l returned by the river
route to Jacksonville, then to Fer
nandina, where a ship carried me to !
Charleston, S. c., in time to be pres
ent at the unveiling of the Calhoun
statue and the Grafton of Secretary
Lamar. On board the ship again l
continued to New York. went on
up the Hudson to West Point for
few days, then back to New York
and Philadelphia. Here 1 heard
Patti again, at her farewell" appear
ance. Then 1 spent ten days in Cape
May, n. j., and stopped on my re-
turn for several days before visit of
like duration i'll Washington during
the national encampment and drill
of the militia. Then l came up to
West Point for graduation week and
on last Saturday saw my old class
march up for the diplomas that
vOuch for their four years work. My
congratulations had no tinge of en-
Wy, for they were no happier to get
out than | was in So From here
go to Albany and then to the mount
aims of Vermont.
l am visiting at a house where
George Washington was often Il
guest. The ground about is cover
ed with Notifications whicha century
has not sufficed to crumble. My
eyes have never rested on Il more
lovely spot. From the window the
glorious Hudson river is seen and it
suggests comparison. The ST.
e Johns. of Florida. is about of the
same length and average breadth.
Both rise and ebb with the ocean
tides; both are beautiful, but OH
s how different The ST. Johns rises
in the marshes of Southern Florida
and moves sluggishly northwest
ward between low-lying banks
thick-fringed with cypress and vii
$ low and tropical palmettoes; its wa
ters are opaque-almost black-witl
the vegetable matter and mold the,
IS hold in suspension; alligators basil
on fallen trees near the water line
,. only an occasional orange grow
AZ AZ breaks the primeval view, and tn
,g noise of parallel railway trains is un
u, heard. The Hudson, taking it
source in the Adirondacks. cleave
= its way southwark through thes
mountains and the Catskills an
N Highlands. past the towering pal
sades to its very mouth; along il
as banks on either side are railways O.
r. travelled by rushing trains; cities an
er towns are always in sight; steam
boats, swift as trains, yachts, school
ers. sloops and long tows of can
boats keep its waters in constal
turmoil; yet its rocky banks gi'
=" back no color and the blue is almo
'h' as clear as the oceans. Both q
- grand rivers but the Hudson is Il
grander Still, if one wished
abide in the country of either
these rivers, l should recommel
N, that of the st. Johns. For, s
YER what they may, there is no place
have seen in twenty five states whe
a man of energy has SO many or
RID. good chances to grow wealthy legi
- mately as in Florida. Howl
~ orange culture, rice or sugar gro
ing, real estate investment, tru
), growing, and in many other wa.
ollie The climate has no more discomfol
ele- than that of the north. Why {
,ais .,e not 1 stay there! I may tell Y
when I have seen thirteen mt
and states. r. W. PEACH,
are, West Point. y. Y. June II. 81
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The Most Agreeable
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